Love + Liberation

A History of LGBTQ+ Durham

Welcome to Love and Liberation: A History of Durham’s LGBTQ+ Community, a brief history including but not limited to those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning. While Durham has had its share of the nationally renowned, most notably Mandy Carter, Mab Segrest, Carl Wittman, and Pauli Murray, this site is concerned with how the players on the local stage sought justice, built community, and made authentic lives for themselves.

About the Exhibit

In 2010, local LGBTQ+ community member Luke Hirst approached librarian Lynn Richardson about starting an archive of LGBTQ+ materials in the Durham County Library’s North Carolina Collection. Learn more